Volume I, Chapter 1
As night wore on, the gates of the palace to the outside slowly closed. In the center of the staggered palace group is a thick and solemn hall, the gloomy palace shadow brings a sense of oppression, and the red bricks and green tiles on it are all rendered into ink, this is the palace where the queen lives, called Fengyang Palace.
In the hall, so silent, on the huge phoenix bed, a woman waved her hands, her head kept shaking, and her mouth shouted: Run, Xuan'er, run...
A palace man rushed to the bed from outside the hall and called: Niangniang, wake up, wake up...
The queen finally opened her eyes, looked at the palace people in front of her with a panicked face, reached out and touched her head, only to find that she was already in a cold sweat.
"Grandpa Yao, is Bengong having another nightmare?"
Father-in-law Yao nodded solemnly and replied: Yes, Niangniang...
The queen sat up, looked out with gloomy eyes, and asked, "What time is it?"
Father-in-law Yao hurriedly replied: Back to Niangniang, it's already been three watches.
The queen nodded slowly, and said lightly: It's the third watch, and everything is about to end.
Father-in-law Yao was stunned, and then chuckled and said: No, Niangniang, it's all starting over.
As soon as the day dawned, the Temple of Heaven in the Great Shrine had already been furnished. There are seven groups of gods in the altar, and each group of gods is made of azure satin to form a temporary god. The north side of the upper circle stone is set up on the front of the main seat - the tablet of the emperor god, and its god is in the shape of a polygonal cone. The east and west sides of the second layer of the altar are subordinate - the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, wind and thunder tablets, and the gods are rectangular; In front of the shrine, there are a large number of offerings such as jade, silk, whole cattle, whole sheep, whole pigs, wine, fruits, and dishes. There are more than 700 vessels used for sacrificial offerings and various ritual utensils alone. The south side of the upper circle stone is set up to congratulate the case, and the emperor's worship seat is located in the south of the upper and middle two platforms. On the east and west sides of the south steps of the Yuanqiu altar, there are 16 kinds of chimes, chimes, bells, bells, etc., and more than 60 pieces of musical instruments are composed of Zhonghe Shao music, which are arranged neatly, solemn and magnificent.
"The time has come to worship the heavens... οΌ
As soon as the shouting fell, Sainomiya Mingtai and Zhong remembered.
The emperor, the empress, and the crown prince moved to the altar and stood solemnly.
"Light the incense...
As soon as the voice fell, I saw two palace people, holding incense, steadily stomping in front of the emperor and others, kneeling on the ground.
At the moment when the emperor stretched out his hand to receive the incense, one of the palace people suddenly had a sharp eye, and the short dagger came out, and his body turned around immediately, placing the emperor's neck under the short dagger.
"Father..." , The prince shouted in panic, and was about to step forward, but was restrained by another palace person.
"Your Majesty..." , The courtiers under the altar were all frightened, and they did not dare to come forward.
At this time, I saw the other hand of the palace man, took out an object from his arms, presented it in front of everyone, and Zhensheng said: This is the jade seal of the country, and I am Zhuge Jingxuan, the prince of the Li Dynasty.
Everyone was shocked and looked at each other.
"Don't believe him, the prince of the previous dynasties was buried under the cliff 10 years ago, he is a fake." , The emperor looked embarrassed and hurriedly shouted to the people below.
Zhuge Jingxuan's eyes sank, and he said sharply: Old thief, you said that this prince is a fake, is this jade seal also fake?
The emperor snorted coldly and shouted: As we all know, this heirloom jade seal was stolen as early as the night before I ascended the throne, and I never expected it to fall into the hands of you, a thief. . .
As soon as the emperor's voice fell, several soldiers stepped forward with swords.
"Who dare... , Sima Jingxuan deepened his hand, and the emperor felt a pain in his neck, so he shouted again: Stand down, stand down...
"What he said is true, he is the son of the mourning family, the prince of all dynasties... , who slowly spoke, was actually the queen of today.
"The Queen Mother..." , Sima Jingxuan called affectionately.
"The Queen..." The Emperor rebuked angrily
The queen slowly paced in front of them, glanced at Sima Jingxuan kindly, and then turned around and said awe-inspiringly: Ministers, Xuan'er was framed by an old thief, fell into the cliff, and was rescued by Master Miyun of Muling Temple.
The queen's words made the courtiers below in an uproar.
After a while, another elderly old general came out and said in a loud voice: I can also prove that he is the prince of the Li Dynasty, back then, the situation forced me, I had no choice but to pretend to obey Hu Yi, the thief, and push the prince off the cliff, in fact, I had already asked the dog to go to the Mulin Temple to tell Master Miyun to go to the cliff to rescue the driver.
"Dad, you have been wronged for the crime of being a traitor for so many years", the man who followed Sima Jingxuan looked at him with tears in his eyes.
The old general looked at his son, who had grown up, lovingly, shook his head and said: "Don't be bitter, our Liao family has always been loyal, as long as we have no shame in our hearts, why care about other people's gossip."
When the words fell, the courtiers led by the right also said sonorously: Since Emperor Hu ascended the throne, he did not want to benefit the people, did not think about the suffering of the world, but instead rebelled against the government, looted the people's fat and people's ointment, and the ministers were willing to follow General Liao, support Prince Zhuge and inherit the emperor's unification.
The minister is also willing ...
The minister is also willing...
"You traitors, you are simply unforgivable, come on, take down all these traitors to me."
Although Emperor Hu's anger shook the sky, none of the courtiers and guards listened to his will.
Zhuge Jingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said lightly: Hu Yi, now that you are gone, I can also avenge my father.
Hu Yi was unwilling, and turned to the queen and begged: Queen, my good queen, let's be married for a hundred days, you save me, save my son.
The queen stared at her hatefully, and said sadly: Hu Yi, the biggest stain on this palace is to be your queen, ten years, for the sake of the Li Dynasty, the palace has endured for ten years, and now everything is over, and the palace can also be worthy of the ancestors of the Li Dynasty.
As he spoke, he slowly pulled a hairpin from his bun and plunged it into his heart, and in an instant, dazzling blood overflowed from his chest, and his body slowly fell to the ground.
"The Queen Mother..." , Zhuge Jingxuan threw down Hu Yi, rushed to the queen, and hugged her tightly in his arms.
The queen raised a jade hand, gently stroked his handsome face, and said softly: Xuan'er, you have to promise the queen mother to be a good emperor...
Zhuge Jingxuan held her hand tightly and sobbed: Queen Mother, I promise you, if you hold on, I will help you find an imperial doctor.
The queen shook her head slowly, and said weakly: No need, Xuan'er, there are two more things about the queen mother, the first is about your marriage, you should still remember that when you were a child, your father married Lin Ruoxuan, the daughter of Lin Jun, the general who protected the country, to you, but because he was loyal to your father, he went toe-to-toe with the thieves everywhere, and was designed to be degraded and matched with the frontier, you have to wash away his grievances for him, restore him to the position of general, and set her daughter as the queen.
The second thing, the queen mother heard Yao's father-in-law say, your father is still alive in the world, and the queen mother has secretly sent people to patrol him all these years, but it has not worked, you must find him, take him back to the palace, and be filial... You... You must promise me...
"I promise you, Queen Mother, that you will not speak again... Zhuge Liang had long been unable to cry.
"Then I'll be at ease... The words fell, and one hand slowly drooped.
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In an instant, the torrential rain gathered and covered the sky.
At the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, the sky was full of wailing.